New evidence reveals that a monk in medieval England figured out the 76-year cycle of Halley's comet 600 years before Halley made his discovery.
The US navy's mightiest fleet was not match for Typhoon Cobra's wrath.
William the Conqueror earned his nickname at the Battle of Hastings—so it’s fitting that when his end game, it was utterly gruesome.
A bright reputation can hide a lot, and history has a habit of smoothing rough edges. A few famous figures looked admirable, but their personal choices paint a very different picture.
The utterly brutal Battle of Stalingrad lives in infamy—and survivors have confessed to unthinkably dark acts deep in the trenches.
On the high windswept Tibetan Plateau, researchers have authenticated a stone inscription that offers direct evidence of Qin Shi Huang’s fabled expedition for the elixir of immortality.
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